This year, I made it my goal to read 30 books. It’s actually been a goal on my life list for some time. I started with 20, and when I completed that I pushed the goal up to 30. That was what I was working toward in 2010, but I missed it by 4. I read 26 books in 2010, so I had to start all over in 2011.

This year, I completed my goal and read TWELVE books on top of that for a total of 42 books read in 2011!

My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerLies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea HandlerDivergent by Veronica Roth

Delirium by Lauren OliverMatched by Ally CondieThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisThe Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisThe Last Battle by C.S. LewisThe Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne CollinsGregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne CollinsGregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne CollinsGregor and the Marks of Secretby Suzanne CollinsGregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins

Bumped by Megan McCaffertyThe Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Where she Went by Gayle FormanLove The One You’re With by Emily Giffin

Now It’s time to set a goal for 2012. I clearly already made the goal I should have been setting for myself next year. If I read 30 this year, I’d be aiming for 40 in 2012. But since I actually read 40 in 2011, I’m gonna have to up the ante to 50 books in 2012.

That’s my official goal. I put it out there, universe. There’s no take-backs. Here’s to reading my butt off in 2012!